The Manchurian Candidate
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Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares.He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being.As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Worldwide
- $96M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
34 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
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Box Office & Release
The Manchurian Candidate returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $96M
- Release date
- Jul 30, 2004
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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